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- From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: BBS software for Coherent
- Message-ID: <Bu1xzn.Iu6@gator.rn.com>
- Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
- References: <Bty9qz.6At@gator.rn.com> <3yknvxd@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Sep3.164759.3190@memstvx1.memst.edu> <1992Sep4.015216.9285@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 11:45:23 GMT
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- greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu (Greg Trotter) writes:
-
- >Look into TBBS by eSoft. It runs under DOS and can support up to 64
- >simultaneous callers on a single machine. eSoft has an option module,
- >called TDBS, which allows you to write dBase/Clipper style applications
- >for your users to use online. It supports dBase files and has file
- >sharing, record locking and all that rot.
-
- But TBBS only supports their own eSoft database manager. If you
- are happy with the limitations of dBase and the limitations of TBBS,
- then fine (TBBS and the database will cost you more than UNIX).
-
- If you want to spawn your own database (and database manager) from
- within the BBS -- forget TBBS.
-
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